Planet X (band)

Planet X
General information
Genre (s)	Progressive metal , jazz fusion
founding	1999
Website	www.xplanetx.com
Founding members
Keyboard	Derek Sherinian
guitar	Tony MacAlpine (until 2004)
Drums	Virgil Donati
Current occupation
Keyboard	Derek Sherinian
Drums	Virgil Donati
bass	Rufus Philpot
former members
guitar	TJ Helmerich
Guest musician
bass	Philip Bynoe
bass	Riccardo Fierrabracci
bass	Jimmy Johnson
bass	Tom Kennedy
bass	Dave LaRue
bass	Billy Sheehan
guitar	Allan Holdsworth
guitar	Brett Garsed

Planet X is an American fusion metal band.

history

Derek Sherinian and Virgil Donati worked together on Sherinian's 1999 solo album Planet X and decided that same year to form a band . They found Tony MacAlpine as a regular guitarist . Bass has been played live and on albums by many different guest musicians over the years, and since MacAlpine left the band in 2004, Sherinian and Donati have remained the only permanent members of the ensemble. According to Sherinian, his intention was to found a group whose members “ have mastered their instruments so much that they bring fear into the hearts of other musicians through their playing ”.

According to Sherinian, Planet X is the first "Metal Fusion" band to be based in Southern California.

The new CD Quantum was released in German-speaking countries on May 18, 2007.

style

Planet X's music is exclusively instrumental. Dissonances and crooked bars are often used. Also polyrhythms is more common, for example in the piece Midnight Bell in the places keyboards and drums in a different time signature play than the guitar.

Discography

• 2000: Universe
• 2002: Live From Oz
• 2002: MoonBabies
• 2007: Quantum

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of the band on the official website ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.